Job cuts loom as KPA orders importers to use SGR freight trains

The Standard Gauge Railway freight train moves along the Port Reitz Beach Management Unit lane to enter the port of Mombasa last month. This is the second SGR freight haul train to arrive at the port loaded with 48 TEU containers with coffee, personal goods, French beans and handicrafts for export. [Gideon Maundu, Standard]

Thousands of jobs are at stake following an order to importers to haul cargo from the port of Mombasa to Nairobi through the railway.

The directive issued by the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has left logistics and transport firms confused.